Wednesday, 11 January 2012

B Eagles hold AFCON - bound Angola

A Nigeria team made up of players from the Nigeria Premier League drew 0-0 with 2012 Africa Nations Cup-bound Angola in Abuja Wednesday.
According to MTNfootball.com The ‘B’ team gave a good account of themselves. They created more of the chances against a team who paraded the likes of Flavio Amado, but poor finishing robbed them of victory in front of a fair crowd of over 6,000 fans at the Abuja National Stadium.
Nigeria started out the brighter of the two teams with strikers Ejike Uzoenyi, Kabiru Umar and Sunday Mbah piling pressure on the Angolans.Several other players also gave good account of thermselves.
Nigeria are due to depart for Liberia Thursday for a match to mark the inauguration of the country’s president. 

Starting Line-up: Chigozie Agbim (skipper) – Godfrey Oboabona, Juwon Oshaniwa (Uche Ogochi), Gabriel Reuben, Azubuike Egwueke, Papa Idris – Sunday Mba (Barnabas Imengar), Ossai Uche (Ikechukwu Ibenegbu), Ejike Uzoenyi – Obinna Nwachukwu (Sunday Emmanuel), Kabiru Umar (Uche Kalu)

Subs: Godwin Paul, Moses Ocheje, Stephen Morah, Gbenga Arokoyo, Rabiu Ali, Izu Azuka, Ajani Ibrahim 

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